Hvar chefs to help create last Titanic menu in Zagreb restaurant

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One of the meals of the century awaits diners in Restaurant Lido in the Croatian capital on Sunday, as Zdravko Kalabric's chefs recreate the final Titanic menu.

Hvar's Olympic chefs head to Zagreb this weekend, as part of a team under Croatia's only certified Master Chef, Zdravko Kalabric, which will recreate the final first class menu of the Titanic on April 15, 2012, the 100th anniversary of the 'unsinkable' ship, a gastronomic event which will be covered by Digital Journal.

Kalabric, whose 38-year career in Canada included leading the national team to the Culinary Olympics, is a regular visitor to the island, where he is training four of the island's chefs as part of a wider Croatian team to take part in this year's Olympics in Erfurt, Germany in October, as previously reported. He is also no stranger to the Titanic menu, having recreated it in Canada on the occasion of the 70th anniversary.

The event will be hosted in Restaurant Lido which, appropriately enough, is located next to water - the Jarun lake, and Darko Sikoronja from Lido confirmed to Digital Journal in a telephone interview that the event was Kalabric's idea, before forwarding a copy of the menu - all eleven courses.

Restaurant Lido is on the artificial Jarun lake

Darko Sikoronja

First Course

Canapés a l'Amiral

Second Course

Consommé Olga

Third Course

Poached Salmon with Mousseline Sauce, Cucumbers

Fourth Course

Chicken breast

Fifth Course

Filet Mignons Lili

Sixth Course

Punch Romaine

Seventh Course

Roast Squab & Cress

Eighth Course

Asparagus Salad with Champagne and Saffron Vinaigrette

Ninth Course

Chocolate & Vanilla Eclairs

Tenth Course

Coffee - Tea

Eleventh Course

Mignardises

The Titanic dinner will take place at Restaurant Lido

Darko Sikoronja

The participation of Hvar's chefs is the latest in what has been a very busy off-season, and has included the Days of Hvar Cuisine Festival in Belgrade, and headlining the first Croatia Food and Wine Festival with a VIP lunch at Zagreb Arena. The island's first culinary display in Oslo is planned for the autumn.